Editor,

Please, allow me some space in your widely read newspaper to join HE the President of our dear Motherland, Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, in crying foul, aloud to CAF and or FIFA authorities for their effort in denying our gallant scorpions a well-earned qualification place to the Africa cup of nations.

As HE had stated in his exclusive interview with Mr Kebba Dibba of GRTS, it will be prudent to challenge the decision of the effort to deny our scorpions from being pronounced as qualified actors in the forth-coming international competitions in the African cup of nations; who knows may be God will help us qualify for the world cup as well.

Let CAF and FIFA be reminded that the FA cup in England and even the world cup in general is made more exciting by the participation of smaller teams who in competitions are potential giant killers. It is settled that any rule governing sport must be publicized to participants before the start of the tournament; otherwise such a rule is not in existence and so will be inoperative.
 
So CAF and or FIFA, I am sure you will not wait to be reminded that confidence in your impartiality as African and world football governing authorities respectively will without doubt be seriously questioned and marred if any wrong yardstick is used to eliminate giant killers from the tourneys even before they got going.

Bravo to the scorpions, the able coach, the caring President of the Republic of The Gambia, Alhaji  Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh and all fans and people and friends of The Gambia. 

The road to the African cup of nations in  South Africa 2010 should be open to us as we have already earned our place competitively and deservedly: So CAF and FIFA get it right and don't keep us out by enforcing unpublicized, unknown and non-existing rules before the tournament; and include us as giant killers and do not exclude us: for fairness is a watch word to be spoken, breathed in every aspect of human existence and you (CAF and or FIFA) should be seen to be acting fairly and not unfairly to make opportunities and heroism to be attain in the sporting events you govern.

Momodou SM. Jallow (Aga)
Law student, UTG